RE: The Poop on the Kindle

2009-07-26 Thread Pat Mathews
I love the title of this thread. From what I've been hearing about the Kindle, it perfectly expresses the appropriate consumer reaction to it. http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:06:43 -0700 Subject: Re: The Poop on the Kindle From: jwilliams4...@gmail.com

RE: The Poop on the Kindle

2009-07-26 Thread Koke
Doug Pensinger asked: So who has a Kindle (I know someone mentioned them before), how do you like it and what do you read on it? I just got one today and am attempting to download the NY Times (free 14 day trial) right now. It seems like it's taking a long time...

Re: The Poop on the Kindle

2009-07-26 Thread Nick Arnett
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Pat Mathews mathew...@msn.com wrote: I love the title of this thread. From what I've been hearing about the Kindle, it perfectly expresses the appropriate consumer reaction to it. Sounded like a Dr. Seuss book to me... Nick

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-26 Thread Max Battcher
Gary Nunn wrote: Warehouse 13 - After two episodes, I'm not impressed or hooked yet, but I'll give it a few more episodes. I got a kick out of the first episode and I think that it might have staying power. Certainly it is yet another monster of the week program (albeit substitute

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-26 Thread John Williams
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Max Battcherm...@worldmaker.net wrote: Speaking of science is awesome on television, please tell me that you all are watching Better Off Ted? It's like The Office meets Eureka (with a dash of Arrested Development and a dash of Pushing Daisies); it's a fun

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-26 Thread Doug Pensinger
On John Williams wrote: Better Off Ted is the best new comedy I've seen in a long time. I particularly enjoy the Veridian Dynamics commercials. My favorite episode was the one where they installed new sensors for detecting if people were in the room, and they could not detect black people,

Was Moore's Law Inevitable?

2009-07-26 Thread John Williams
http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2009/07/was_moores_law.php It is quite a long article, but worth the time to read, I think. It does not have an abstract, but here is a partial summary from near the end: The first thing to notice is that all these examples demonstrate the effects of